48 THROUGH LEAFY PATHS. 



inhabitant ate itself quite out of its home, it 

 secured another leaf growing by its side which it 

 rolled up in the same manner. So it continued 

 to roll leaf after leaf, until it had reached its full 

 measure of caterpillarhood, and was ready to take 

 its pupal nap. How well it had managed to pro- 

 tect itself from the sharp-eyed birds, which have 

 not yet learned all the tricks and designs of the 

 cunning moths ! 



